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FBI NICS Data

NICS Firearm Background Checks

Monthly firearm background check volume by state and territory, imported from the public FBI NICS report.

State / Territory

Checks in range

11.9M

Top state

Illinois

Top state month

Kentucky

Jan 2026 - 291,317

Monthly average

2M

Over time, across active months

Background Check Volume

Last Month Top States

Last Month

Jun 2026

Top 10 states by checks.

  1. 1Illinois289,27527.3%
  2. 2Texas126,53812%
  3. 3Virginia124,31911.7%
  4. 4California115,10410.9%
  5. 5Florida86,6908.2%
  6. 6Pennsylvania83,2527.9%
  7. 7Utah69,9546.6%
  8. 8Minnesota55,5445.2%
  9. 9North Carolina54,3995.1%
  10. 10Indiana53,2685%

State and Territory Grid

Illinois1,366,006227,668Jun 2026289,27511.5%
Texas847,780141,297Mar 2026160,8277.1%
California706,463117,744Mar 2026136,7815.9%
Florida584,14397,357Mar 2026108,1964.9%
Pennsylvania564,35694,059Mar 2026113,8644.7%
Virginia471,48678,581Jun 2026124,3194%
Utah428,78071,463Mar 202675,1763.6%
Kentucky427,81671,303Jan 2026291,3173.6%
Minnesota419,97369,996Mar 202687,3983.5%
North Carolina362,34260,390Mar 202670,0873%
Tennessee343,76457,294Mar 202666,6282.9%
Indiana342,07657,013Mar 202664,7922.9%
Michigan326,17654,363Mar 202667,7582.7%
Ohio313,90552,318Mar 202663,6052.6%
Wisconsin311,33251,889Mar 202658,8082.6%
Georgia301,09550,183Mar 202658,9212.5%
Missouri236,38739,398Mar 202647,0602%
Arizona235,00039,167Mar 202644,4982%
Alabama233,28438,881Mar 202644,1482%
Washington220,41536,736Mar 202641,2901.8%
Colorado218,55436,426Mar 202640,7081.8%
Oregon197,93432,989Mar 202638,9141.7%
South Carolina192,50332,084Mar 202635,7171.6%
Maryland184,32030,720Mar 202634,4451.5%
Oklahoma175,04329,174Mar 202632,4301.5%
New York167,01127,835Mar 202632,1671.4%
Massachusetts137,75022,958Mar 202628,6981.2%
Connecticut129,30921,552May 202625,5571.1%
Idaho127,50821,251Mar 202626,5841.1%
Louisiana122,01320,336Mar 202623,5051%
Mississippi115,42619,238Mar 202622,7191%
Arkansas110,32518,388Mar 202621,6820.9%
Iowa104,13717,356Jan 202622,7920.9%
Kansas89,32414,887Mar 202617,7030.7%
West Virginia87,22614,538Mar 202617,5150.7%
Nevada77,09712,850Mar 202614,9140.6%
New Jersey66,46111,077Mar 202613,2580.6%
New Hampshire66,35711,060Mar 202612,4260.6%
New Mexico64,47810,746Feb 202613,5100.5%
Montana63,38810,565Mar 202612,0920.5%
Puerto Rico58,3619,727Mar 202610,5190.5%
North Dakota47,0367,839Apr 202613,6960.4%
Maine43,4427,240Mar 20268,8730.4%
Nebraska40,3776,730Mar 20268,1780.3%
Alaska34,7925,799Apr 20266,7360.3%
South Dakota34,7365,789Mar 20266,7590.3%
Wyoming32,5755,429Mar 20266,1550.3%
Rhode Island26,3074,385Jun 20267,8610.2%
Delaware21,4303,572Mar 20263,9950.2%
Vermont17,6262,938Mar 20263,5440.1%
Hawaii11,4891,915Apr 20262,3870.1%
District of Columbia7,6851,281Jun 20261,4180.1%
Virgin Islands1,947325Jun 20264590%
Guam1,797300Mar 20263590%
Mariana Islands10417Jun 2026290%

Imported range

Nov 1998 to Jun 2026

Data caveat

Checks are not firearm sales.